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WannaCry
ransomware2 mutex signatures
[BASIC_INFORMATION]
FAMILY_NAME:
WannaCry
CATEGORY:
RANSOMWARE
DESCRIPTION:
WannaCry is a ransomware cryptoworm that spread rapidly across computer networks in May 2017. It exploited the EternalBlue vulnerability in Microsoft Windows systems and was attributed to the Lazarus Group.
ALIASES:
WannaCryptWCryWana Decrypt0r
TAGS:
cryptowormself-propagatingsmb_exploitfile_encryptionkill_switch
[MUTEX_SIGNATURES](2)
[MUTEX_01]
MsWinZonesCacheCounterMutexA
ANALYST: @adhikara13 DATE: 2025-01-09
REFERENCES:
[MUTEX_02]
Global\MsWinZonesCacheCounterMutexW
ANALYST: @adhikara13 DATE: 2025-01-09
[QUICK_ACTIONS]
[THREAT_INTELLIGENCE]
ATTRIBUTION:
⚠Lazarus Group (North Korea)
FIRST_OBSERVED:
2017
[SIGMA_RULE]
[STATISTICS]
MUTEX_COUNT:2
THREAT_ACTORS:1
ALIASES:3
TAGS:5
CATEGORY:RANSOMWARE
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